Ubuntu Wine - cannot find C:\\windows\\system32?

Question

I have installed wine 1.8 and winetricks on my Xubuntu 16.04 but I have the error below when I try to install an exe file:

wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\Set-up.exe"

Any ideas why and how I can fix it?

Solution

Run the Configure Wine application from the launcher or open a terminal with CtrlAltT and issue the command winecfg Either way you will get a Configuration Window for Wine. Insure that you are emulating the right version of Windows for your application and that the settings on all the tabs are sane. Drive Mapping Example Below:

Note: In a typical installation of Wine The directory noted in your question can be found at ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32 and you can examine the content with the command.

ls ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32

You can find the location of the Set-up.exe file in your question with the terminal command find ~/.wine -name Set-up.exe provided it's anywhere close to where it's supposed to be.

On the off chance you've placed it somewhere outside the Wine drive mapping environment you should be able to locate it with the command sudo find / -name Set-up.exe

If anything in this answer is unclear please leave me a comment and I'll do my best to clarify.

Comments

[muru]

Where is Set-up.exe located?

[Run]

@muru I created a folder on my desktop and put it there. Shud I put it in a specific place instead?

[muru]

then try running wine ~/Desktop/folder-name/Set-up.exe

[Luis Alvarado]

@teelou Please read the Wine Guide in askubuntu.com/questions/316025/… to know how to execute file outside of the Wine default environment

[David Foerster]

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[Elder Geek]

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